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16 news Hiroshima survivors remind us of nuclear horror Two survivors of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing will be travelling to Waiheke later this month to deliver a presentation on the dangers of atomic weapons and energy. The presentation is being organised by the Waiheke Combined Churches and the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (Otago University) and will be preceded by a documentary night at the Community Theatre. The trip is part of a wider memorial of the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings on 6 and 9 August and is being supported by the Hiroshima Peace Museum and Japanese ConsulateGeneral. The survivors in question are Ms Shigeko Sasamori and Mr Michimasa Hirata. They were both roughly a mile from the bomb’s hypocentre (the area directly under the blast) when Hiroshima was hit. Shigeko was 13 years old when the Little-Boy atomic bomb struck. She suffered severe trauma from the explosion as Momo Launch Sun 22nd July @ Cable Bay Winery 12.30 lunch View the collection of elegant & unique garments, each handmade from vintage Japanese kimono silk. Tickets info@momoart.co.nz well as third degree burns to more than a quarter of her body. Her family spent four months nursing her back to health, bathing her burns in cooking oil. Both Shigeko and Michimasa have worked for years towards nuclear dis- 12 July 2012 often faced discrimination due to a lack of understanding in society about the consequences of radiation poisoning. Spokesperson for the Combined Churches, Bronwen Muir says getting the two to Waiheke was in a way “a coup”. “[New Zealand] is 25 years nuclear free, with also this 60-year relationship between Auckland and Japan . . . and it’s real. After Fukishima (the nuclear reactor incident in Tokyo last year) that reality is not just something in the distant past, it is a reality for all of us.” The documen- taries will be shown on 31 July at 7.30pm at the Community Cinema in Oneroa. Michimasa and Shigeko will speak at St Peter’s Church in Oneroa at 10am the next day after morning mass. The pair will then Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing Shigeko Sasamori and Michimasa Hirata will be visiting Waiheke to speak about the dangers of atomic weapons and power. armament, though Michimasa says that for a long time afterwards he tried to avoid becoming known as a ‘hibakusha’ (bomb-affected person) because they travel around New Zealand, speaking in Auckland, Devonport, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Those interested can contact Bronwen Muir on 372 7347, Don Smart on 372 3333 or Kazoko Itoh on 372 2891. • Martin Moore ‘First off the rank’ doesn’t mean ultra-fast broadband any time soon Schools, healthcare providers and businesses are top priority for the rollout of ultra-fast broadband for the first six years. This explanation of why Waiheke will not be receiving ultra-fast broadband in the first two years of the programme was given to the Waiheke Local Board in response to a question from last month’s local board meeting. A letter from the Digital Enablement Unit said the current priority, which was set by the Ministry of Economic Development, would also be decided on the level of demand, density of people and businesses, whether existing networks exist in the area that can be extended, whether large events like the Rugby World Cup will be occurring in the area and the likely cost of development. They went on to say that under the conditions, it was likely that schools and health facilities would be upgraded before 2016. Strategy director for Crown Fibre Holdings Rohan MacMahon says it was never in the plan for Waiheke to be in the first wave of areas to get ultra-fast broadband. He says that Te Huruhi Primary School will be getting it some time in the next 12 months, but there is no confirmed rollout date for the rest of the island. Local Board chairwoman Faye Storer said the board was very disappointed because “we distinctly remember being told we would be first in the ranks.” • Martin Moore